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 `shputil.py` was born out of a need to modify large (>1GB) shapefiles
 that could not be easily or successfully managed in programs like QGIS.
 As an example QGIS was unable to perform a simple string
-search-and-replace on a file over 200,000 records, remaining unresponsive
-and consuming 100% CPU even after 10 minutes. By comparison `shputil.py`
-is able to perform the same operation, using `replace-field-values`, in
-under 90 seconds.
+search-and-replace on a file with over 200,000 records, remaining
+unresponsive and consuming 100% CPU even after 10 minutes. By comparison
+`shputil.py` is able to perform the same operation, using
+`replace-field-values`, in under 90 seconds.
 
 Limitation
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